Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-05-06
A WEDDING GIFT OF $1,000, 900.
HER FATHERS PRESENT TO MISS
CRoCKER-ONE OF THE RICH
EST TROUssEAUs EVER SEEN IN
NEW YORK,

CRoCKER-ONE OF THE RICH
EST TROUssEAUs EVER SEEN IN
NEW YORK.
New York World
If a trousseau of almost fabulous
richness, wedding presents, to com.
pute the value of which requires sew
eral naughts added to the first fig
ure, and a faace, who is perfectly
devoted will make happy bride,
that blissful beng Is found in the
person of Miss Harriet V. Crocker,
who marries Charles B. Alexander,
of this city, Tuesday, at moon, in
Grace Church, San Francisco. The
bride is OF medium height, rather
slender but well formed, light hair
of peculiarly fine texture, and a
face piquaut and winning rather
than handsome. Her eyes are
large and expressive, dark blue in
color. She is between twenty-six
and twenty.seven years of age
Her father is, as every one knows,
Charles Croker, the $50, 100000
railroad magnate, broker and mer-
chant. Mrs. Crocker, 1t is said,
has brought up her daughter in a
very sensible manner, and the
young lady cannot only command
in her household, but can, if nee
essary, descend to the regions over
which the chef reigns and give
practical illustrations of his mystic
art. She is very charitable, too,
and both she and her mother large.
ly support several charitable insti-
tutions. The kindergarten school
is the best known of these and
numbers nearly three hundred pu-
pills.
But the feminine eyes which scan
this column are skipping all this
and searching for the trousseau.-
It was furnished by White, How.
ard & Co., and in elegance of de-
sign and richness Of material sur.
passes anything seen in New York
for years.
The wedding dress is of heavy
white satin with long court train,
bordered with fiOunces of white
point de Venice lace, under which
peeps out a hight featbery fringe of
silver. At intervals these flounces
are draped with graceful trailing
vines of orange blossoms. The
front is covered with flounces of
the same lace arranged in an artis-
TIC manner, and each one beaded
with broad bands of silver and
crystal passementerie. From be-
meath the flOunces CLEANS the same
light fringe of silver, correspond
ing with that on the train. At the
sides are jabOts OF lace, festooned
with trailing vines and clusters OF
orange blossoms. The cOrsage IS
cut open, displaying masses of rich
lace, and a garland orange bios
SONS extends from the right sboul'
der diagonally to the waist A pc.
culiarly pretty and quaint effect is
produced by a slight putting on the
hips.
Her travelling dressis offDe gray
cameps bair of a soft and neutral
shade. The skirt is made with
broad, lengthwise plaits, quantity
embroidered and caught with sill
yer galloOu. The bodice is in
Louis XVI. style, with silver vest
and broad collar and cuffs. TO
match this is a graceful mantilla,
with Capuehin hood at the back
aud long scarf ends in front knotted
at the waist.
Another costume we'll wortily OF
description is OF two shades OF
mauve. The side panels are Of
delicate game, embroidered in sill
yer. The bottom Of the petticoat
IS cut in Vandykes, edged with a
light traeery of silver embroidery.